Answered: Why I don't see the value of textfield in the dom?

Answered: Why I don't see the value of textfield in the dom?

I'm working on a specialized framework doing UI automated test using Selenium driven with Ext JS component query expressions. In Selenium, one of the most popular function is WebElement.getText() but it's returning empty string with Ext JS 4.1.1 textfield. I took a look at the DOM, and yes, the text value shown in the browser is nowhere to be found in the browser DOM...